Yamaha Clavinova CLP-785

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Features

New Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial piano samples, new Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer binaural sampling
53 voices + 14 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG voices, including 4 fortepiano voices (Scarlatti Piano/Mozart Piano/Beethoven Piano/Chopin Piano)
Improved VRM (Virtual Resonance Modeling)
Grand Expression Modeling
GrandTouch™ keyboard with counterweights, 88-key Linear Graded Hammers
GP Response Damper Pedal
(50 W + 50 W + 50 W) x 2 amplifiers
Grand Acoustic Imaging
(16 cm + 8 cm + 2.5 cm (dome) + transducer) x 2 speaker system, Spruce Cone speaker
USB Audio Recorder (Playback/Recording: WAV)
20 rhythms
Built-in Bluetooth® audio
Wireless connection to the Smart Pianist app via Bluetooth® MIDI
Touch sensor control panel
3 Months Free Flowkey offer

What they say

GrandTouch™ keyboard

Yamaha’s latest keyboard action features a broad dynamic range and faithful response to every nuance of touch that puts a wide expanse of tone—from delicate to bold—at the pianist’s fingertips. The highly consistent grand piano hammers replicate the pleasing response felt when the hammers strike the strings, enabling precise control of the tone. Highly absorbent synthetic-ivory white keys and synthetic-ebony black keys prevent slipping even during extended play and feel just like those of a grand piano.

GrandTouch keyboard features wooden keys that showcase Yamaha’s expertise with wood for pianos. Just as with grand piano keyboards, the solid wood is cut from the very best parts of well-dried lumber, making the keys more resistant to warping than keyboards made of laminated wood. The wooden texture and structure of the keys create a more grand piano-like feel.

Leverage your artistic expression

When playing a digital piano, the back area of the keys may prove to be a challenge to full musical expression. This is because the back of the key is closest to the fulcrum of the action. The closer to this pivot point that you strike the key, the less leverage you have and the more strength you need to apply. The greater length of GrandTouch keys give the player MORE leverage, allowing for better expressive control, even at the backs of the keys. This is the same support length found on the Yamaha S3X premium grand piano (as of July 2020), and is the longest support length used on any digital piano.

88-key Linear Graded Hammers—the first digital piano keyboard ever to feature realistic weighting on every key

Every single key on a grand piano keyboard is weighted differently. This is because the strings for each note are slightly thinner and shorter in the treble register, becoming thicker and longer towards the bass register. The 88-key Linear Graded Hammers of the Clavinova is the first-of-its-kind to faithfully duplicate this graded touch with differing weights and key return on each one of its keys. This results in a feel and response that is astonishingly like that of a grand piano, and allows players to gain an appreciation of a more authentic touch.

Key counterweights

Counterweights are embedded in the keys of a grand piano to balance the weight of the hammers and offer more precise control when playing delicately at low volumes. The Clavinova features carefully adjusted counterweights for improved playability when playing pianissimo with a light touch, and better key return in rapid passages. The keyboard of the Clavinova has been fine-tuned to offer optimal balance, emphasizing its superb playability and grand piano response.

Escapement mechanism of Clavinova keyboards

The escapement mechanism in a grand piano moves the hammers away from the strings quickly after they strike them, in order to prevent any interference with string vibration. This mechanism produces a slight clicking sensation when the keys are pressed gently.

The Clavinova keyboards feature an escapement mechanism that reproduces this sensation near the bottom of the key dip. They have been designed in such a way that the click is discernible only on the lightest keystrokes, similar to the keyboard of a grand piano. These keyboards have been adjusted to provide additional friction that balances key repetition and response without impeding performance.

The GP Response Damper Pedal

Using the damper pedal subtly alters the nature of a piano’s sound and is essential to providing the pianist with all the necessary expressive tools to convey their musical vision.

Clavinova digital pianos feature a damper pedal that continually detects depression depth and allows halfpedaling, which lets players make minute adjustments to pedal depression and return, changing the depth and character of their piano sound.

The GP Response Damper Pedal offers a grand piano-style resistance curve, starting out light to the touch and growing heavier as the pedal is depressed further. This allows players to become accustomed to the nuances of delicate pedaling.

Design philosophy

Clavinova pianos boast excellent playability and versatile functions, along with a refined, authentic design that blends a compact form with modern aesthetics in a manner befitting the instrument that sets the contemporary standard for pianos. At the heart of the Clavinova design concept is the way the player feels when they take their seat in front of a Clavinova piano. Unnecessary elements are removed from the player’s field of vision to create a convincingly natural space that feels just like sitting at an acoustic piano. This represents Yamaha’s consideration to players who practice on Clavinova and perform on grand pianos—they are able to take the stage free of tension or worry because everything feels normal, as it should. A Clavinova piano is a part of the player’s everyday life—contemporary accents and color variation are available to mesh with any interior design or lifestyle.

Touch sensor control panel

The touch panel only displays text when it is on—when the panel is off, it has the smooth finish of a keyblock.

Specs

Number of Keys: 88
Type of Keys: GrandTouch Keyboard with Escapement
Touch Sensitivity: Fixed, Soft 1/2, Medium, Hard 1/2
Presets: 53 Voices, 14 Drum Kits, 480 XG Voices
Polyphony: 256 Notes
Effects Types: 6 x Reverb, 3 x Chorus, 7 x Brilliance
Sequencer: 16-track (MIDI sequencing info)
Song Playback: 25 Demo, 50 Classics, 303 Lesson Songs
Recording: 80 minutes/song, SMF, WAV 24-bit/44.1kHz
Storage: 1.4MB internal memory, USB Flash Drive
Metronome: Yes
Audio Inputs: 1 x 1/8" (aux in)
Audio Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (main out)
USB: 1 x Type B, 2 x Type A
MIDI I/O: In/Out/Thru/USB/Bluetooth
Bluetooth: Yes, v4.2
Headphones: 2 x 1/4"
Number of Pedals: 3-pedal unit (damper, sostenuto, soft)
Built-in Speakers: 2 x 6.29", Spruce Cone
Amplifier: 2 x 50W+50W+50W
Display: LCD
Power Source: 24V DC power supply (included)
Height: 40.5"
Width: 57.75"
Depth: 18.75"
Weight: 185.1 lbs.